World Health Organization Recommends Soda Tax

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Los Angeles Times – World health officials want super-size tax on soda and sugary drinks, but are countries ready to swallow that?

…The World Health Organization, the public health agency of the United Nations, said the reasons to act were clear. More than half a billion of the world’s adults are now obese, including 11% of men and 15% of women. Those rates are more than double what they were in 1980. In the United States, 34% of men and 38% of women are obese, which is defined as having a body mass index of 30 or above…